Author: Beth Christo

• February 28, 2021

  Day 18: Not a Water Droplet

  Hi! I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but I am not great at realism. It’s something I need to work on if I want to paint realistic paintings, so with my limited time tonight I gave it a try. A water droplet seemed like the easiest thing to start with. How hard could it […]
• February 27, 2021

  Day 17: Rough Draft

  Hi! Today I made a rule for myself. I work 6am-630pm (EST) on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday every week, so on these days I am limiting myself to 1 hour of art a day. If I don’t make rules I might end up painting for hours after work and forget to eat and sleep. Today […]
• February 26, 2021

  Day 16: Misty Mountains

  Hi! This evening my dad stopped by and reminded me that he sent me a bunch of pictures he wanted me to paint a while ago and I haven’t painted any of them (oops). So today I painted from this photo as a reference. I have recently started practicing adding more detail to things in […]
• February 25, 2021

  Day 15: Rocky Beach

  Hi! Today I actually painted two paintings. This morning, while I was drinking my coffee, I asked my Facebook friends what I should paint. I got a lot of ideas, but the first one was “Paint a cat.” I sat down to sketch out a cat and in about 20 minutes it turned into a […]
• February 24, 2021

  Day 14: Spirited Away

  Hi! Today I was feeling a bit sad, so I painted a creepy black and white forest scene using black and white gesso, then shaped it into what hopefully resembles a tunnel. After I finished that part I felt a little less sad and gave it a bit of flair by adding Chihiro and No […]
• February 23, 2021

  Day 13: Ategnatos

  Hi! Today I took another shot at recreating album art. This time I didn’t even try to make it exactly the same. I painted it in my style, added some color, and had fun. I picked another one of my favorite bands, Eluveitie. Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal/celtic metal/melodic death metal band. Gods, I […]
• February 22, 2021

  Day 12: Spyro

  Hi! I wanted to paint a dragon today, but I didn’t originally plan on painting Spyro the Dragon. If you don’t know who Spyro is, he’s a cute little yellow and purple video game dragon. I set out on a quest to paint an epic dragon today. It was ambitious. It was risky. It was […]
• February 21, 2021

  Day Eleven: Feather

  Hi! I was super tired after work tonight, so I started a simple painting on watercolor paper when I got home. I’m not sure what happened, but it morphed into this weird little doodle-ish painting. It means nothing and I don’t know why I painted it. Oh well, it’s out in the universe (and on […]
• February 20, 2021

  Day Ten: 10 Minute Sunset

  Hi! Today is another tired day for me. My 12 hour Saturday shift turned into a 13 1/2 hour one, so I stopped and got pizza on my way home and sat my supplies out while I ate. As I ate I thought about what to paint and as I thought about what to paint […]
• February 19, 2021

  Day Nine: The Perfect Wave

  Hi! Today I wanted to follow a painting tutorial on YouTube. My creativity felt drained after a long week of painting, and I just wanted someone else to tell me how and what to paint. It took hours to decide which tutorial to follow, but I finally found one that I thought would teach me […]